Besides proactively attracting investment, Hai Duong province always focuses on implementing solutions to help businesses make investments quickly, conveniently and effectively.
Hai Duong enters 2024 with great enthusiasm and confidence as in 2023, the province achieved outstanding results in socio-economic development, especially breakthroughs in investment attraction. Many large and prestigious enterprises have chosen to "anchor" in Hai Duong.
In 2023, the province attracted 1.136 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI). This is the second time in more than 30 years since the province attracted FDI exceeding the 1 billion USD threshold and is the highest level in the past 10 years. In addition to the mark of FDI attraction, domestic investment attraction (DDI) also created a highlight when reaching more than 11,600 billion VND, 5.6 times higher than in 2022. Notably, on the occasion of announcing the provincial planning at the beginning of 2024, the province granted investment certificates and memorandums of understanding to 27 domestic and foreign enterprises. At the beginning of the new spring of Giap Thin, the province granted investment registration certificates to 8 FDI enterprises. A smooth and favorable start promises that the province will continue to make breakthroughs in attracting investment this year.
The impressive figures above are the result of the efforts and determination to improve the environment and enhance the province's competitiveness in recent times. However, attracting investment is only the first step; implementing investment, putting projects into operation early, and creating momentum to promote socio-economic development is the key.
Hai Duong has always been known as a locality with a favorable geographical location, industrial land fund, abundant human resources... This is the strength that makes businesses pay attention and learn about investing in the province. In addition to relying on existing advantages, the province focuses on meeting the conditions of traffic, technical, social infrastructure... to help investors implement projects smoothly and quickly. Along with hard criteria, soft factors such as handling administrative procedures, preferential policies, support... will also encourage businesses to promote investment implementation.
In recent times, Hai Duong has focused on implementing projects and works to serve socio-economic development and attract investment. In addition to key traffic routes such as the North-South, East-West axes, Dong Viet bridge approach road, the intersection with the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway, etc., new industrial parks and industrial clusters have gradually been formed; upgrading and improving electricity and water infrastructure, etc. The province is interested in developing social housing to ensure the need for accommodation for experts, workers, and laborers, creating a peaceful living environment, convenient services, and safe security. Along with that, the province actively implements solutions to improve the quality of human resources, train workers to suit the needs of use to meet the production and business requirements of enterprises. On the other hand, the province resolutely leads, directs and acts to improve competitiveness, creating an open and transparent investment environment. The province is urgently completing a set of competitiveness indexes at the department, industry and local levels to implement the assessment this year.
In addition to proactively attracting investment, Hai Duong creates favorable conditions for projects to be implemented from the investment stage to the production and business process. Only then will businesses feel secure and confident when choosing to locate in the area and firmly accompany Hai Duong in its development.
HOANG LINH